Chrisemdin.comChrisemdin.com was created by Dr. Christopher Emdin, a professor at the Teachers College of Columbia University. This website contains articles, videos, and some information about Dr. Emdin's #HipHopEd which is a program that provides youth an opportunity to combine a passion for Hip Hop with academic content. This is an appropriate website for middle and high school students, and it is a tool that can be showcased to students as either an option to pursue outside of class or as inspiration for a class project. This is an important tool for a culturally relevant classroom, especially for students who feel that many standard expectations or assessments in the classroom do not relate to them in anyway. Dr. Chris Emdin is someone that ALL students should know about even if they don't feel connected to Hip Hop because Dr. Emdin showcases that there are alternative ways to express one's knowledge instead of standard written assessments.
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Unfortunately, the website has some glitches. The #HipHopEd, Science Genius, and the Home tabs do not work. It is also not clear how much new content is posted on the website. However, I can mitigate the limitations by providing links to Dr. Emdin's other websites and twitter account, which he seems to use regularly.
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